The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact.

It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.

La mejor prueba de la cultura y la liberalidad de un hombre es su actitud ante las cosas que nunca sucedieron.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

The more truly we can see life as a fairytale, the more clearly the tale resolves itself into war with the dragon who is wasting fairyland.

Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.

What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place...The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from stopping; not a nail in his boot that prevented him from going on. For the old humility made a man doubtful about his efforts, which made him work harder. But the new humility makes a man doubtful about his aims, which will make him stop working altogether.